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Special Reports

SIforAGE

SIforAGE: Envisioning the new world for older people

SIforAGE is an European project of the VII Framework Programme, (Science-in-Society 2012-2016) which aims at promoting Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) in society by...
Pfalzklinikum

Pfalzklinikum fur Psychiatrie und Neurologie Ador – Experts by experience

Intermediates between patients and therapists “Do you know what it’s like to hear voices, to have fear of death out of a sudden or to...
Wellbeing Dynamics

Are you still affected by trauma?

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you say to yourself: “Here we go again!”?  And you wonder: “Why do I even...
heterocyclic

Should we bother to teach chemistry anymore?

Professor Colin Suckling discusses the importance of chemistry... As the year moves on into August we in Universities start to prepare for the next academic...
Pfalzklinikum

Projects by the Initiative ‘The Palatinate makes itself/you strong – ways to resilience’

The Palatinate makes itself/you strong – ways to resilience’ initiative was founded by Pfalzklinikum for psychiatry and neurology in the Palatinate, in Southwest Germany....
Escote

Health and social care services to living rooms

Eksote discusses Health and social care services for an ageing population... Eksote’s new models of mobile care and integrated service system.      The ER in Your Livingroom...
Wellbeing Dynamics

Clever Platforms: Accessible profiling and business tools

One of the most important activities for HR is Who to put Where in what Role and with what Responsibilities.  And whether you are...
OKI Systems

Driving Productivity Levels with a Smarter Workflow

Andrew Hall, marketing manager at OKI Systems (UK), discusses how a smarter workflow helps to drive productivity. When the government’s latest productivity figures were released earlier this...
ETH Zurich

Concrete Infrastructure: Durability screening of new blended cements

Portland cement has for decades been the most used type of cement to build reinforced concrete infrastructure. Experience and research on corrosion of reinforcement...
Brock University

The Road to Reconciliation: How will Canada address its responsibilities to indigenous students

There are significant funding gaps between Indigenous students and non-Indigenous students within Ontario. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) is responsible for providing education...
UCB Pharma

Enabling research into Neurodegenerative disease through sharing of data

Professor Duncan McHale discusses neurodegenerative disease research... Neurodegenerative diseases are a growing global challenge as medical advances ensures more individuals live longer.  By 2020 there...
lean

Why you don’t need continuous improvement

Why bother with continuous improvement when you already have the most efficient and effective organisation you could possibly have? You’ve coped long enough without it,...
Escote

Health Care: Using lean to transform a hospital into a rehabilitation centre

South Karelia Social and Health Care District (Eksote) provides publicly funded social and health care to 133 000 citizens of South Karelia in South-Eastern...
BRIPPED Project

Intravenous Access

Obtaining vascular access is a critical first step in resuscitation and initiating treatment to patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). Patients may have...
subject

IAPD: Beyond the violence of being a brick in the wall

Dr Kevin Flint from the IAPD discusses modern education. In my last paper presented to this website I was concerned about the style of educational...
ACXIS project

ACXIS – Improving the inspection procedures for Customs organizations

A report from the ACXIS research project funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme Border control is receiving increased attention in recent...
Association of European Public Postal Operators AISB-SAFEPOST Project

SAFEPOST Project Pilots

Dr Antonino Scribellito, European Affairs –Senior Project Manager at PostEurop highlights how SAFEPOST has enhanced security in postal systems across Europe… SAFEPOST enhanced the security...
Department of Paediatrics - University of Illionois at Chicago

A Public Health Approach to Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines child maltreatment as, “… the abuse and neglect that occurs to children under 18 years of age. It...
Cancer

Development of integrated non-invasive methods for cancer diagnosis and treatment

Stuart J. Corr1,2,3, Steven Curley1,4, Zhihui Wang5,6, and Vittorio Cristini5,6 1Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA 2Department...
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Has education become another arm of ‘State Philosophy’?

In so many of our practices it is difficult to stand outside the full force of the groundings of what Deleuze called ‘state philosophy’....

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